By: Minjarez (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 105
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019;
April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 1, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 1, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of information about oversize and
overweight vehicles in the curriculum of driver education and
driving safety courses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 1001.1092 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.1092. INFORMATION RELATING TO OVERSIZE AND
OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES. The commission by rule shall require that
information relating to methods of safely operating a motor vehicle
near an oversize or overweight vehicle, including safe following
distances and safe passing methods, be included in the curriculum
of each driver education course and driving safety course.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt the rules
required by Section 1001.1092, Education Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2020, each provider of a
driver education course or driving safety course shall submit the
curriculum adopted pursuant to Section 1001.1092, Education Code,
as added by this Act, to the Texas Commission of Licensing and
Regulation for approval.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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